Category Archives: Press Releases

Maurice Fitzpatrick, SME Business Manager PTSB, Susan Harte Territory Sales Manager Kildare PTSB and Brian Campbell Senior Field Consultant with PTSB County Kildare Chamber this morning announced a sponsorship deal with Permanent TSB which will see PTSB sponsor all network mornings and business lunches in 2019 which the Chamber host. Allan Shine said, “ We…

County Kildare Chamber hosted their January Business Breakfast sponsored by Permanent TSB on Friday 25th in The Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth with 360 business attendees in attendance. Stuart Lancaster, Leinster Rugby Senior Coach gave a presentation on the pursuit of excellence which had so many parallels to the passion of sport and the power of business.…

(Photo: Compliments of Celtic Photography) The internationally accredited award is for excellence in the evening and night-time economy in a town Naas joins Maynooth as the two towns in Kildare to receive the Purple Flag status Tourism boost for the town Naas to be promoted nationally and internationally as a town to visit…

Commenting on the release of today’s (3 January 2019) Fiscal Monitor, Allan Shine, Chief Executive of Kildare Chamber said, “The €100m surplus recorded in today’s final Exchequer Returns of 2018, the first since the crash in 2008, deserves to be commended, particularly considering that a deficit had originally been budgeted. However, we cannot…

County Kildare Chamber held their Annual General Meeting on Monday evening, 19th November. Maureen Bergin was re- elected President of the Chamber. Speaking today ( Friday 30th November), Maureen, Community and Business Relations Director with Kildare Village said, “I am looking forward to my second year as President. The Chamber continues to grow in strength…

Anthony Alexander, General Manager at INIT Chamber welcome job boost for Kildare INIT, a world-leading supplier of intelligent transport systems, celebrated the opening of its new software development centre in Maynooth, Co. Kildare today. Currently, a team of eight employees is working on the software for INIT’s ticketing systems as well as for field…

Over 360 business leaders from across Kildare attended the Kildare Business Awards Gala Ball in association with Kildare County Council and LEO Kildare on Friday night (23rd November) in The K Club Allan Shine, CEO of the Chamber in his opening address paid tribute to all the finalists and noted that this year the…

County Kildare Chamber hosted their final business breakfast for 2018 in Naas this week with guest speaker Tony O’Reilly Jnr, CEO of Providence Resources to a business audience of 160 companies. Tony talked about his background growing up in Kildare and his career path which led him to become CEO of Ireland’s leading independent…

The loss this afternoon of up to 430 jobs at Bord na Mona is very disappointing. County Kildare Chamber will now immediately look to work closely with Local and National Government, state agencies and all key stakeholders to ensure that we find suitable employment for those affected by today’s announcement. This job loss announcement will…

This afternoon (16th October ), Kildare Chamber welcomed the news that MSD, known as Merck & Co., Inc. of Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA in the U.S. and Canada, will construct a second manufacturing facility at its existing site in Carlow with the creation of 170 new jobs. The new facility will focus on the…

The final European Parliament of Enterprises of the 2014-19 legislative term – gathering more than 700 entrepreneurs in the Brussels Hemicycle – sent a clear message to the ongoing debate on the Future of Europe: the EU must be open for business! Entrepreneurs from across Europe debated and voted in sessions on skills, trade and…

County Kildare Chamber Business Awards 2018 in association with Kildare County Council and LEO Kildare, are county wide awards recognising the entrepreneurialism, innovation, diversity and talent of businesses across all sectors. The awards honour industry leaders through the acknowledgement of innovative business processes, product development, enterprise, sustainability and overall business success. The nominees were announced…

Entrepreneurs gather in Brussels for fifth European Parliament of Enterprises Entrepreneurs will gather in the European Parliament in Brussels today and tomorrow(9th and 10th October 2018) for the fifth edition of the European Parliament of Enterprises, the largest exercise at European level in economic democracy. Twelve entrepreneurs, representing Chambers across the county will form part…

Chambers of Commerce from around the country gathered in Dublin yesterday (26th September) for the first Chamber Network Budget Dialogue, facilitating engagement between Chambers and their representative TDs on the forthcoming Budget. Speaking this morning, Chamber Chief Executive, Allan Shine commented: “Budget 2019 is the first following the finalisation of Project Ireland 2040…

County Kildare Chamber this morning welcomed the news that BlackRock Real Assets has joined forces with developer Michael O’Flynn to acquire the former Hewlett Packard (HP) campus in Leixlip. Allan Shine, Chief Executive of the Chamber said this morning (6th September) “This news is very welcomed and further demonstrates that Kildare is the ideal location…

Commenting on today’s (4 September 2018) ESRI report on childcare costs, County Kildare Chamber Chief Executive Allan Shine said, “The analysis in today’s ESRI report clearly outlines what we have been hearing from the Chamber Network for some time now; that high childcare costs are directly impacting upon women in the workplace, contributing to…

Chambers Ireland today (12 July 2018) launched its Pre Budget 2019 Submission, recommending that Government use Budget 2019 as an opportunity to think strategically about how we can future-proof our economy and make the best use of today’s prosperity in preparing for the threats facing Ireland on an international stage. Speaking at the Chamber…

The Brexit negotiations between the EU and the UK are well underway and the evidence so far indicates that progress will be cumbersome and painfully slow, largely down to the ill-prepared British side which cannot reach a consensus of what kind of agreement they want with Brussels. The clock is ticking on the two-year Article…

County Kildare Chamber are getting geared up with their preparation to achieve the prestigious Purple Flag Award for Naas. The working group has been formed recently and work is underway for the submission to achieve this prestigious award for the town of Naas. The application, which has brought together a multitude of stakeholders working within…